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A dig­i­tal assis­tant with insight

Just now, recent­ly, or very soon (depend­ing on where you live, what license you have, and the order in which Microsoft rolls out updates), it is now pos­si­ble to talk to Copi­lot in the mobile app.

It’s been pos­si­ble with Chat­G­PT for quite a while, and I’ve real­ly enjoyed it, but what’s new is that the M365 Copi­lot app also has access to your cal­en­dar and all your files that Copi­lot can access when you chat in ​“Work” mode in Copi­lot chat.

“What’s my day like?”

This means that, for exam­ple, in the car on your way to work, you can dis­cuss the day ahead of you with Copi­lot. What meet­ings do you have today? Is there any­thing you need to pre­pare for them? Would it be help­ful to put togeth­er a quick agen­da for any of the meet­ings? The meet­ing was just booked, and there hasn’t been time to think it through, but now you can speak freely from the heart on your way to the office, and Copi­lot puts togeth­er a suit­able agenda.

For now, what Copi­lot for­mu­lates for you (such as the agen­da) stays in the chat, since Copi­lot can­not cre­ate email drafts, add new cal­en­dar appoint­ments, or add to-do tasks to your To-Do list, but this is still quite a good start, I think.

This whole AI assis­tant thing is start­ing to shape up, if you ask me!

Do this

1. Down­load the M365 Copi­lot app to your phone if you haven’t already.
2. Set the chat to Work mode.
3. In the chat box, click on voice mode. It’s the striped sym­bol to the right of the micro­phone. I had a hard time fig­ur­ing out which one it was at first.
4. Talk away with Copi­lot as your dig­i­tal, non-human, always-help­ful col­league! Try out what it can do and what it can’t.

Work done with­out effort

Using voice mode in M365 Copi­lot allows you to take action on those scat­tered thoughts spin­ning around while you’re on the go. You del­e­gate bits of minor work that you’d oth­er­wise have to do your­self once back at the computer.

Now, that work is already done, and you can spend your valu­able time on your most impor­tant tasks instead. Nice!

What about you?

Have you used Copilot’s voice mode? What did you talk about? What have you let Copi­lot do for you? Tell me! Email me right away at – I’m curi­ous to hear from you.

(There’s so much more you can use Copi­lot for in your every­day work. Like let­ting Copi­lot sum­ma­rize meet­ing notes in OneNote!)